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SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN IN THE APPLICATION."},{"number":"ZP-2021-013282","date":"2021-10-14","work":"New construction, addition, GFA change","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-06-05","scope":"** AMENDMENT APPROVED ON 10/11/2022: TO AMENDMENT PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ZONING PERMIT # ZP-2021-013282, TO DOCUMENT CHANGES FOR GFA REDUCED FROM ORIGINAL PERMIT FROM 9851 SF TO 9306 SF; HEIGHT CHANGE BACK TO ORIGINAL APPROVAL HEIGHT 55 FT AND THE REMAINING PERMIT SAME AS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED. SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN ON THE APPLICATION / PLANS.** FOR THE ERECTION OF AN ADDITION WITH CELLAR AS PART OF AN EXISTING ATTACHED STRUCTURE AND ACCESSORY ROOF DECK (FOR RESIDENTIAL USE ONLY) WITH ROOF ACCESS STRUCTURE. SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN IN THE APPLICATION / PLAN. AMENDMENT APPROVED ON 12/21/2021: FOR ELIMINATION OF ROOF DECK AND ROOF ACCESS STRUCTURES (ELEVATOR AND STAIR ROOF ACCESS STRUCTURES) AND REDUCTION OF APPROVED OVERALL BUILDING HEIGHT (REDUCED TO 49.71 FT FROM PREVIOUSLY APPROVED HEIGHT OF 55.0 FT), THE REMAINING PERMIT SAME AS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED. SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN ON THE APPLICATION / PLAN."},{"number":"CP-2021-006546","date":"2021-12-24","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-06-05","scope":"FOR THE ERECTION OF A TWO STORY ADDITION TO AN EXISTING THREE STORY ATTACHED STRUCTURE WITH CELLAR. STRUCTURE FOR VACANT COMMERCIAL SPACES ON FIRST FLOOR (USES AS PERMITTED IN CMX-2.5), USE REGISTRATION PERMIT IS REQUIRED PRIOR TO OCCUPANCY) AND FOR MULTI-FAMILY HOUSEHOLD LIVING NINETEEN (19) DWELLING UNITS (TYPE B), AND ACCESSORY SEVEN (7) CLASS 1A BICYCLE PARKING SPACES ON AN ACCESSIBLE ROUTE. STRUCTURE IS COMPOSED OF TYPE IIIB CONSTRUCTION (FIRE RETARDANT TREATED WOOD). BUILDING IS FULLY SPRINKLERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 13 AND STANDPIPES TO BE PROVIDED IN THE EXIT STAIRWAYS PER NFPA 14. ALL WORK TO BE DONE PER APPROVED PLANS. IF FIELD CONDITIONS VARY CONTACT DESIGN ENGINEER PRIOR TO THE START OF ANY WORK. **A COVERED WALKWAY OR SIDEWALK CLOSURE SHALL BE REQUIRED WITHIN 14 FEET OF THE BUILDING FACADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 3306 OF THE 2018 IBC. SEPARATE BUILDING AND/OR STREETS DEPARTMENT PERMIT REQUIRED PRIOR TO THE START OF ANY WORK.*** FIRE WATCH IS REQUIRED ONCE COMBUSTIBLE CONSTRUCTION IS OVER 40 FEET IN HEIGHT, A SITE SAFETY PLAN SHALL BE SUBMITED TO BUILDING INSPECTOR PRIOR TO THE START OF ANY CONSTRUCTION.*** SEPARATE PERMIITS TO BE OBTAINED FOR ALL OTHER WORK. AMENDMENT APPROVED 12/3/22 AMEND ALTERATIONS/ADDITION PERMIT CP-2021-006546 FOR CHANGES TO LAYOUT TO REDUCE OVERALL GFA, INCREASE HEIGHT AND ADD ROOF ACCESS STRUCTURE AS PER APPROVED PLANS."},{"number":"PP-2022-017115","date":"2022-11-30","work":"Alterations","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2023-11-29","scope":"SEAL LATEREAL FOR DEMO"},{"number":"ZP-2023-001637","date":"2023-02-24","work":"Full Demolition","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"FOR THE PARTIAL DEMOLITION OF EXISTING STRUCTURE ON LOT; FOR THE INTERIOR NON-STRUCTURAL DEMOLITION ; DEMOLITION OF 12' SECTION OF EXTERIOR STRUCTURAL WALL ( FIRST(1ST) FLOOR AND SECOND(2ND) FLOORS ONLY). ( FOUNDATION WALL AND FOOTING TO REMAIN) . ( ALL STRUCTURE REMAINS) SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN IN THE APPLICATION."},{"number":"DP-2023-000193","date":"2023-03-06","work":"Minor Demolition","type":"Demolition","description":"Demolition Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2024-03-06","scope":"FOR SELECTIVE DEMOLITION OF A EXISTING THREE-STORY BUILDING PER APPROVED PLANS AND ENGINEER'S LETTER. STRUCTURES TO BE DEMOLISHED BY HAND AND WITH HAND-HELD EQUIPMENT ONLY. PEDESTRIAN PROTECTION TO BE IN PLACE PRIOR TO START OF WORK AND TO BE MAINTAINED DURING ALL DEMOLITION ACTIVITIES. * 21 DAY POSTING AND NOTICE REQUIRED PER A-303.2"},{"number":"PP-2024-004267","date":"2024-04-08","work":"New Construction or Additions","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-06-05","scope":"INSTALL 2\" WDP, (1)SANITARY AND (2)STORM CT, FAI & MD."},{"number":"EP-2024-004169","date":"2024-05-14","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-06-02","scope":"Install 1400 amp, 3-phase service. Wiring for power and lighting for dwelling units, commercial space, common areas and 1 elevator. Install outlets, switches, light fixtures and 120 interconnected smoke/co alarms with battery backup as per 2017 NEC. Install low voltage fire alarm system as per 2016 NFPA 72. All work as per drawings and 2017 NEC, 2016 NFPA and City of Philadelphia Code requirements."},{"number":"PP-2024-006705","date":"2024-06-27","work":"New Construction or Additions","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-06-05","scope":"INSTALL 20 WATER CLOSETS, 20 LAVATORIES, 19 SHOWER/TUBS, 19 KITCHEN SINKS, 19 WASHING MACHINE BOXES, 1 MOP SINK, 13 FLOOR DRAINS, 1 BACKFLOW PREVENTER, 3 ROOF DRAINS, 1 SUMP PUMP, 1 AREA DRAIN AND 20 HOT WATER HEATERS ACCORDING TO THE 2018 PPC AND PER PLANS."},{"number":"FP-2024-001648","date":"2024-10-10","work":"New Construction","type":"Fire Suppression","description":"Fire Suppression Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-06-05","scope":"FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 13 THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE BUILDING WITH 6” FIRE SERVICE, 6\" BACKFLOW PREVENTION ASSEMBLY, AND STANDPIPES COMPLYING WITH NFPA 14. ALL WORK SHALL COMPLY WITH THE APPROVED PLANS. ALL WORK SHALL BE PERFORMED BY A FIRE SUPPRESSION CONTRACTOR LICENSED BY THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA."},{"number":"MP-2024-004592","date":"2024-10-16","work":"Addition and/or Alterations","type":"Mechanical","description":"Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-06-05","scope":"FOR THE INSTALLATION OF REGISTERS, DIFFUSERS, AND APPLIANCES WITH ASSOCIATED DUCTWORK. APPLIANCES TO BE INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH MANUFACTURER'S SPECIFICATIONS. ALL WORK TO BE DONE PER APPROVED PLANS. IF FIELD CONDITIONS VARY CONTACT DESIGN ENGINEER PRIOR TO THE START OF ANY WORK. SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR ALL OTHER WORK."},{"number":"ZP-2024-010621","date":"2024-10-16","work":"Change of Use","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"Personal Services"},{"number":"CP-2024-005496","date":"2024-10-22","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-06-05","scope":"LEVEL II ALTERATIONS WITH PARTIAL CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY TO CREATE A DANCE STUDIO (PERSONAL SERVICES) IN A SHELL BASEMENT, FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR COMMERCIAL SPACE (SEE CP-2021-006546 FOR SHELL SPACE CREATION) AS PER APPROVED PLANS. BUILDING TO BE FULLY SPRINKLERED PER NFPA 13. *2018 IEBC REVIEW* **SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR ANY MEP OR FIRE SUPPRESSION WORK**"},{"number":"MP-2025-001889","date":"2025-04-01","work":"Addition and/or Alterations","type":"Mechanical","description":"Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-06-02","scope":"FOR THE INSTALLATION OF REGISTERS, DIFFUSERS, AND APPLIANCES WITH ASSOCIATED DUCTWORK. APPLIANCES TO BE INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MANUFACTURER’S SPECIFICATIONS. FOR USE AS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED. ALL WORK TO BE DONE PER APPROVED PLANS. IF FIELD CONDITIONS VARY CONTACT DESIGN ENGINEER PRIOR TO THE START OF ANY WORK. SEPARATE PERMITS TO BE OBTAINED FOR ALL OTHER WORK."}],"storyTag":"Torn down & rebuilt","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction or Additions"},{"y":2024,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2024,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alterations"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Change of Use"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alterations"},{"y":2025,"k":"viol","w":"2 L&I violations"},{"y":2025,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×3"},{"y":2026,"k":"viol","w":"4 L&I violations"},{"y":2026,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×3"}],"rented":true,"licenses":[{"number":"0985400","type":"Rental","status":"Active","businessName":"TVC PA 7208 GERMANTOWN AVENUE LLC","legalName":"TVC PA 7208 GERMANTOWN AVENUE LLC ","address":"7208 GERMANTOWN AVE","revenueCode":"3202","rentalCategory":"Residential Dwellings","units":19,"issuedDate":"2025-08-04","latestIssueDate":"2025-08-04","expirationDate":"2026-08-03","inactiveDate":null}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"0985400","type":"Rental","businessName":"TVC PA 7208 GERMANTOWN AVENUE LLC","legalName":"TVC PA 7208 GERMANTOWN AVENUE LLC ","issuedDate":"2025-08-04","latestIssueDate":"2025-08-04","closureDate":null,"expirationDate":"2026-08-03","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Active","statusLabel":"Active","active":true}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-23","units":19,"signals":[{"kind":"record-pressure","level":"elevated","title":"Records to verify together","summary":"More than one separately dated public record deserves a current-status check.","evidence":["6 open L&I violations","failed L&I inspection activity in 2024, 2025, 2026"],"caveat":"A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. Tax entries are historical and must be verified with Philadelphia Revenue."},{"kind":"transition-activity","level":"watch","title":"Recent transition activity","summary":"The property has an unusually active paper trail worth monitoring for the next permit, inspection, deed, or listing.","evidence":["6 permit events since 2023"],"caveat":"Record activity alone does not establish that a sale or redevelopment is planned."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"The record identifies more than one dwelling/use.","why":"Philadelphia says a zoning approval or Property Sales Certification can identify a use without proving that it was established under the Building Code. A change of use, unit count, exits, or fire rating can require a Building Permit and Certificate of Occupancy.","action":"Verify the lawful use, unit count, associated construction permits, and Certificate of Occupancy with L&I.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/permits-violations-licenses/get-a-certificate/get-a-certificate-of-occupancy/"},{"id":"permit-status","level":"attention","title":"A permit row needs file-level verification","finding":"2 permits not marked completed: PP-2022-017115 (Expired), DP-2023-000193 (Expired). At least one row also carries a completion date, so the City fields conflict.","why":"Issued work is not the same as approved final work. L&I uses final inspections and required certifications to close construction permits; expired, withdrawn, and completed are different City statuses.","action":"Open the permit file and confirm final inspections, holds, and any resulting occupancy certificate.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections-by-permit-type/"},{"id":"violations","level":"attention","title":"6 open L&I violations","finding":"7 violation rows are retained in the City ledger.","why":"Open notices can accrue fees, block permits or license renewal, and move to court or collection. Standard initial notices generally have a 30-day appeal window; unsafe or imminently-dangerous notices have a much shorter window.","action":"Read the notice—not only the summary status—and confirm reinspection, fees, and appeal posture with L&I.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections/violation-and-order-types/"},{"id":"rental-license","level":"verify","title":"A rental license does not transfer with the deed","finding":"1 active Rental License record matched.","why":"If dwelling space is rented, the buyer must obtain a new annual Rental License; the seller’s license is not transferable. New applications require proof of ownership and legal occupancy, tax compliance, no open L&I violations, and lead compliance where applicable.","action":"Plan the buyer’s replacement license before settlement.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/permits-violations-licenses/rent-or-sell-property/get-a-rental-license/"},{"id":"lead","level":"verify","title":"Lead compliance is a separate record","finding":"OPA records a 1885 build year; BlockReport does not receive the Health Department’s unit-level lead certificate file.","why":"Philadelphia requires covered pre-March-1978 rentals to be certified lead-safe or lead-free for a new or renewed lease and for a new or renewed Rental License. A certificate is unit-specific; a renovation does not by itself create an exemption.","action":"Request the current lead certificate or City exemption for every dwelling unit.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/documents/lead-and-healthy-homes-resources-for-landlords/"},{"id":"investigations","level":"verify","title":"Failed inspections are dated events—not the current condition","finding":"7 failed, 0 passed, and 0 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was FAILED on Jun 9, 2026.","why":"A PASSED or FAILED value applies to that inspection visit. CLOSED is a separate source status; none of the three alone proves the parent permit or violation case closed—or describes today’s condition.","action":"Open the parent case/permit for each material failure and confirm its later disposition.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections-by-permit-type/"},{"id":"building-certifications","level":"verify","title":"A fire-system permit exists, but no annual certification matched","finding":"4 fire/suppression-related permits matched; the fetched BIN certification feed returned no row.","why":"Installed systems in mixed-use and larger buildings generally require periodic certification, but applicability and limited-area exceptions vary. A missing BIN/address join is not proof of a compliance failure.","action":"Confirm what system was installed and whether a current annual certificate is required and filed.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections/maintenance-certifications/fire-protection-certifications/"},{"id":"abatement","level":"verify","title":"A reduced taxable assessment is not a verified abatement","finding":"OPA’s numeric assessment fields show a reduced taxable assessment; BlockReport has no official program determination for this parcel.","why":"The numeric treatment can reflect an improvement abatement or another exemption. It does not identify the ordinance, approval, start or end date, or continuation requirements after a transfer. Once OPA verifies a specific active abatement, many common programs attach the benefit to the property for the remaining term rather than ending automatically at sale, but some require a new-owner filing and continued qualifying use or tax compliance.","action":"Obtain the OPA exemption/abatement determination and history, then underwrite the buyer’s bill from the verified program terms.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/payments-assistance-taxes/taxes/property-and-real-estate-taxes/get-real-estate-tax-relief/get-a-property-tax-abatement/"},{"id":"commercial-trash","level":"verify","title":"A separate Commercial Trash account may apply","finding":"OPA classifies the parcel as apartments. BlockReport does not receive a current Commercial Trash account balance.","why":"Philadelphia charges qualifying small commercial, mixed-use, and multi-unit properties that use City collection; exemptions and private collection can change applicability. A use category alone does not prove a fee is due.","action":"Check the Commercial Trash account inside the date-effective Property Payoff.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/2026-06-09-pay-your-trash-fee-bill-by-june-30/"}],"closingChecks":[{"title":"Property Sales Certification","body":"The seller must obtain Philadelphia’s certificate showing the base zoning, last use in the zoning record, and open violations. The City warns that it does not prove Building Code occupancy or show zoning overlays.","action":"Obtain the fresh certificate and compare it with the CO, permits, and Atlas overlays.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/permits-violations-licenses/get-a-certificate/get-a-property-sales-certification/"},{"title":"Date-effective City Property Payoff","body":"The Tax Center Property Payoff covers Real Estate Tax, Commercial Trash, and L&I abatement-work invoices. Philadelphia says it does not include business-tax debts or liens, water and sewer charges, or fines for code violations.","action":"Request the City statement effective through settlement; read every period and invoice.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/guides/philadelphia-tax-center/what-to-do/"},{"title":"Professional title and water-lien searches","body":"OPA ownership, deed summaries, and a zero tax balance are not clear title. Mortgages, judgments, municipal claims, water liens, easements, heirs, and other encumbrances require separate searches.","action":"Use a Pennsylvania lawyer/title company and obtain owner’s title insurance; order the separate water search/payoff.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/2026-04-07-why-title-insurance-is-your-best-friend-when-buying-a-home-in-philadelphia/","secondaryUrl":"https://www.phila.gov/services/water-gas-utilities/pay-or-dispute-a-water-bill/resolve-water-liens-judgments/"}]}